A new toy for Frankie

This would be a nice gift I think. From Free Patents Online, an awesome site.

Frankie likes photography!

Here's one of her photos.

Friday links ...

For you in Columbus, check out We Columbus (the blog) for all things Columbus, created by R. Duffy of DoneWaiting.

From SoldierAnt comes a hilarious link to Dwight Schrute's Blog! It's hilarious.

The Death Psychic knows all.

... and then it rained for 8 straight days and counting, ugh. And, then it stopped for a few hours ... and started again and stopped and ...

The new dinner table

The fantastic weather recently has us eating outside almost every night. Frankie even sits longer when we're outside. And, she doesn't have to have sippy cups at the outside table. This is Suze guarding the table (before I clean it) waiting for dinner.

Traffic ... in Columbus?

Yup. At times this town gets pretty congested. Check this site for details. Apparently, some unscheduled repairs have nearly shutdown Ackerman Road this morning causing massive traffic jams.

A night to forget

Frankie's been getting over a cold for weeks now that culminated in an earache last night. In retrospect, I think she's had it for days but it just started hurting last night. No fever, just earache. Motrin to the rescue. Cranky though. Rough dinner.

Finally got her to sleep and Suze needed to go out for her last potty. She tears out of the house after a cat, rips off her toenail in the process and tracks blood all over the house; fortunately, Frankie slept through it. We put a band-aid on Suze's nail-less toe and hoped it would stop bleeding. It did - and before she tore off the annoying band-aid. She seems fine now.

In the aftermath, we figured we'd just let Frankie sleep late and let her stay home. She had a good day. Fun with Mom in the morning, cafes with me in the afternoon. Let's hope tonight goes a tad more smoothly.